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WITNESSES G. N. BENSON. HINGE.

Patented May 81,1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,713, dated May 31,1898. Application fil d March 1,1897. SerialNo. 625,452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Builders Hardware; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to builders hardware, and has for its object toprovide novel means whereby the position of the screws or otherattaching means of hinges and other articles may be readily adjusted, soas to prevent such screws from entering between the door jambs andframe, and also for enabling the position of a screw to be changed inthe event of the old screw-hole wearing too large, and in any case whereit is desirable to engage the screw or other fastener with new wood.

While the improvement will be described and illustrated as applied tohinges, it is to be distinctly and expressly understood that saidimprovement is applicable to hardware in general and that it maytherefore be used upon any article and at any point where it isdesirable for any reason to change the position of the attaching means.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings,and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing theimprovement in use in connection with a hinge. Fig. 2 shows the improvedhinge applied to a door-frame, showing by dotted lines the manner inwhich the joint between the door frame and jamb may be dodged by theattaching means. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the hinge. Fig. 4is a detail perspective View of a portion of a hinge, showing the mannerin which the same is recessed and perforated to receive the fasteners.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective 'view of the movable or rotatablesection. Fig. 6 is a' similar view of said section, taken from thereverse side.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a plate which for the purpose ofillustration is shown to consist of one leaf or member of a hinge, while2 designates the other leaf or member of the hinge. The leaf 2 isprovided with countersunk openings 3 for the reception of the screws orother fastening means by which the hinge is connected to a door, blind,or other article. The plate 1 may be provided with similar countersunkopenings 4 for the reception of screws. The plate 1 is provided at oneor more points with recesses 5, which are preferably circular in formand adapted to receive a plate 6, which is also preferably circular ordisk-shaped and provided with a single opening 7, preferably countersunkto receive the tapering head of the screw or other form of fastener. Theplate 6 is provided upon one side with a central stud S, which isadapted to enter an opening 9, located centrally of the recess 5 andforming a bearing for the stud 8, so that the plate 6 may be rotatedwithin the recess 5. The thickness of the plate 6 corresponds,preferably, with the depth of the recess 5, so that the outer surface ofsaid plate 6 lies flush with the surface of the plate 1. The plate 1 isalso provided with a plurality of openings 10, extending through thebase or floor of the recess 5 and arranged in a circular series aroundthe central opening 9, the said openings 10 being thereby eccentric tothe opening 9. The openings 10 are also countersunk to receive the headsof the attaching devices. By means of the construction described it willbe seen that the plate 6 may be rotated with relation to the plate 1 forbringing the opening 7 into alinement with any one of the openings 10,so that the attaching device or screw may pass through both of saidopenings. In this manner the attaching device may be adjusted into anumber of different positions, thereby enabling the joint in thedoor-frame to be dodged, or for enabling the position of the screw to bechanged in case the original hole wears too large to retain the screw.

If desired, all of the holes 10 may receive attaching devices with theexception of one, which is left to receive the final attaching device,the said openings 10 being preferably countersunk, so as to receive theheads of such attaching devices and permit the outer surfaces thereof tolie flush with the base or floor of the recess 5. The plate 6 is thenapplied over the heads of the attaching devices and the final attachingdevice is passed through the opening 7 of the plate 6 and through theremaining hole 10, which completes the operation of attaching the plate1 to its support. WVhere the plate 1 constitutes the leaf or member ofthe hinge, said plate is secured to the door-jamb or windowframe,-as thecase may be.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the position of theattaching device may be readily adjusted and changed according torequirement and that while the plate 1 has a number of openings for thereception of the screw which passes through each plate 6 only oneopening for each plate 6 is visible at a time, and thus only a singlescrew-head or attaching device is visible.

In the drawings I have shown two plates 6; but it will be understoodthat this number may be increased or diminished at will. The principleof the invention is applicable to all articles of hardware, andespecially to builders hardware, and I do not, therefore, wish to belimited to its use in connection with hinges or even analogous articles.

If desired, the central opening 9 may be countersunk upon the rear sideof the plate, as shown at 16, and the end of the stud 8 may be headed orriveted, as indicated at 17, to prevent its displacement.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In ahinge; a plate having a plurality of openings in combinationwi th aplate covering said openings, andjalso provided with an opening, thelatter plate being movable with relation to the hinge-plate for bringingits.

opening into alinement with one of the openings in the plate,substantially as described.

2. In a hinge, the combination with the leaves thereof, of a devicemovably connected therewith and having an opening therein for thereception of a screw, whereby the movement of said device within apredetermined limit brings the opening therein into alinement with oneof a series of openings in the hinge-leaf, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE N. BENSON.

Witnesses:

A. M. MITcHELL, SoL. H. EMANUEL.

